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by fabfabfab 2y ago
We had them at a fab. About $85k + accessories at the time (~ 7 years ago).
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The limits of "computational photography"(yager.io)
278 points by fabfabfab 4y ago|220 comments
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by fabfabfab 4y ago
Grug develop doctor's appointment website, grug use jQuery + Flask/Django. Grug try develop Notion or Google Sheets competitor, grug use React/Vue framework.
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by fabfabfab 4y ago
Speaking of purity, the first thing Hacker News would do is try to run SAP on a Kubernetes cluster, refactor crucial bits in Rust and shard the database into sqlite3.db files on per user basis. We'd also recommend you restructure your
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by fabfabfab 4y ago
We need to look at ERP software in positive light. Fab guy here, there is another beast like this that runs the whole fab. It's made by Applied Materials, called FAB300. It connects to inventory systems, SAP & finance, all the fab
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by fabfabfab 4y ago
100%. I worked in the heart of semiconductor manufacturing. Quality primarily a result of systems such as COD (Contain-your-own-defect), SPC (statistical process control), inspection metrology (traceability to NIST, MCA, reproducibility, re
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by fabfabfab 4y ago
A new horse is heading to Vietnam. There is still opportunity to stop it.
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by fabfabfab 4y ago
Fab guy here. This is excellent news and much needed, but vigilence is needed to make sure it doesn't end up being devoured by crony corporate agenda and it actually results in favorouble pro-US climate for semiconductor manufacturing.
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by fabfabfab 4y ago
That someone was me when I used to be on call as a Fab engineer. I took responsibility and my team relied on my alertness when shit hit the fan a couple of times during my career. Yes, someone has to do it. The negativity and cynicism on
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by fabfabfab 4y ago
Semiconductor Fabs would be less than 10% labor costs. But there are also indirect labor costs: https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/semiconductors/our-insig... There are areas in the fab that are not fully automat
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by fabfabfab 4y ago
Fab guy here. Lots of references in the article about semiconductors. I posted about automation here a while ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29331417 It is already extremely automated in the US for semiconductors.
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by fabfabfab 5y ago
I worked alongside this team. Without going into too much details, PTIM vs STIM are primarily cost driven. Engineers are not stupid, which is what Linus, et. al. claim. In fact, they know and listen to what Linus has to say about shitty P
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by fabfabfab 5y ago
There is also Software/IP which is basically US-based. For example, MES 3000 runs the fab which I believe is developed by AMAT.
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by fabfabfab 5y ago
If you want to work on robotics, you should look into working for one of the major semiconductor equipment manufacturers, not a Fab. To name a few: KLA Tencor (US), Applied Materials (US), ASM, ASML (Netherlands), Advantech (US), TEL(Japan)
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by fabfabfab 5y ago
Having worked in Fab, the supply chain is already in the US+EU+Japan. About the only change in last 5 years or so is Intel's ability to compete in lithography process and get sufficient yield to stay competitive in pricing. Lithography
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by fabfabfab 5y ago
Expert here. Worked in a Fab (Automated Material Handling Systems or AMHS group). You might be suprised how automated it already is [1]. Notice the OHTs (Overhead Hoist Transport)[2] running on a system of highways and superhighways on the